Posts Categorized: Architecture

Cover photo via Randy Pertiet, FlickrCC Much is being made of the 125th anniversary of the The Eiffel Tower’s construction. It’s one of Paris’ most famous landmarks and has received over 250 million visitors since it opened to the public in 1889. Designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built to be the entrance to…

We all know that the history of Europe goes back a long way. Empires have come and gone, societies have risen and fallen, and many even left something behind for us to enjoy today. Every modern country can see at least part of its past in the leftover crumbling stone structures that pepper the European…